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1075640 No.1075640 [Reply] [Original]

I think I just solved the oil thing...

>> No.1075642
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>> No.1075651

good luck with that

>> No.1075653

You are now aware that the world is 2D

But really OP, I would like to see you call them and suggest it

>> No.1075656

Have fun building those walls

>> No.1075657

Send this to the BP engineers, I think they could use a good laugh under all that pressure and scrutiny.

>> No.1075665

>>1075640

So you're saying we need to make a metallic cylinder 5000 feet long and a couple feet wide to put over the hole, so we can pump out the oil?

Sir you are a genius of epic proportions.

>> No.1075667

lol.

That would totally work.

>> No.1075683

FIRE SOLVES EVERYTHING

>> No.1075689

Why don't they just put a plug in the hole? Haven't these dumb shits ever taken a bath?

>> No.1075692

>>1075644
we're not fucking moses, we can't split oceans apart

>> No.1075703

Well, it's no MORE retarded than-
sawing and capping what amounts to a fire hydrant
or
what amounts to sticking your thumb into a faucet to shut it off

>> No.1075704

>>1075692
we can't but fucking magnets can

>> No.1075707

The pressure is too high, the walls would have to be hundreds of meters thick.

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>> No.1075726

>Gulf of Mexico oil spill
>66,000 to 560,000 tons of oil

>Persian Gulf
>1,360,000 to 1,500,000 tons of oil

People need to shut the fuck up and stop making such a big deal out of this. It will be fixed. Just give it time and shut your fucking uneducated mouths up.

>> No.1075730

I say fuck it, just continually clean up the mess and separate the oil from the water. Are cars still get petroleum and fuck the gulf of Mexico. I mean Louisiana, Mississipi, Florida and Texas all suck dick anyways. Especially Texas.

>> No.1075736

>>1075707


lolwut

Hundreds of meters, are you fucking insane?

>> No.1075743

they already tried putting two domes over the thing lol

>> No.1075750

>>1075642
>>1075644
OK, lets build a goddamn wall a mile high with thousands of pounds of pressure at the bottom.

Good idea bro.

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>>1075644
>>1075642
fucking lol

>> No.1075771

>>1075736

Three Gorges Dam, 331ft high 377ft thick.

do the math

>> No.1075825

>>1075736
water is heavy

>> No.1075831

>>1075825
not as heavy as you though

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God why do we always have to get out of proportion?

>> No.1075890

>>1075877
You don't even need that, just a shit ton of plastic bags.

>> No.1075909

>>1075877
at that scale the walls are still several hundred feet thick

>> No.1075916 [DELETED] 

>>1075909
wouldn't work anyway, the walls would collapse due to pressure.

>> No.1075915

That's not how the pipe is leaking, goddamnit.

>> No.1075932

>>1075915
How IS it leaking, then?

>> No.1075935

>>1075640
Can you ignite oil at those levels?

>> No.1075940

>>1075935

It would burn for a LONG time and fuck shit up.

>> No.1075943

>>1075909
Not if the oil fills it. Just assume it's filled with water to start.

>> No.1075951

>>1075932

A series of ruptures along the pipe; it's not just one leak heading straight up.

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>> No.1075974

>>1075951

Then chop the damn thing and do this
>>1075877

>> No.1076005

I think OP's a genius, we should learn from OP. What other ideas are on your mind, OP?

>> No.1076010

I am actually emailing BP these plans feel free to contribute anything that could solve the crisis (y)

>> No.1076014
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Or just do this?

>> No.1076076

>>1076014
I think they tried that already...

>> No.1076101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hW8-Sv0yUs&feature=related

>> No.1077868

bump

>> No.1077872

how deep is the well?

>> No.1077877

>>1077872
~5000 feet

>> No.1077884

>>1077877
How much concrete would it take to hold back 2239 psi?

>> No.1077887

the wells already a third empty, the scale of the cleanup isnt going to get more than 2 times bigger than it already is. it's almost more cost effective at this point just to let it drain, and spend all the resources on cleaning it up

>> No.1077891

>>1077887
It might be more cost effective, but money isn't really the issue here.

>> No.1077905

>>1077884
Wolfram says that the highest tensile strength of concrete is 8.96 megapascals which is only 1299 psi.

>> No.1077911

>>1077884
It wouldn't have to be airtight retard.. there wouldn't be any pressure...the water would change into oil over time inside the tube, with probably a small leak at the bottom, big deal

>> No.1077913

>>1075750
/r/ someone do the math to work out how thick the steel wall would have to be at the base, assuming cylinder and made of steel. i cba.

calc pressure at bottom outside assuming atmospheric inside, then apply compressive hoop stress eqn to cylinder. then work out direct stress due to weight of wall and then then apply tresca/von mises yield crterion.

>> No.1077918

>>1077891
it kinda is though
BP is already a billion out according to NPR this morning, they're rich, but not made of money...well the gulf has their money floating around lol. But with the hurricane season starting they really need to get their shit to together and start burning oil off, and containing whats out there.

>> No.1077921

>>1077913
also, considering this thing is actually a lot more slender than how op has drawn it, calculate required diameter to not buckle under its own weight as well.